- Paperback: 307 pages
- Publisher: New Directions (July 26 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0811214737
- ISBN-13: 978-0811214735
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.3 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 354 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,435,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Nina Berberova's (1901-1993) The Tattered Cloak, translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz, collects six stories dealing with Russian exiles of various backgrounds living in Paris just before World War II. "The Resurrection of Mozart" focuses on a woman anxiously awaiting her husband's return home as she juggles French soldiers, her disabled son and a mysterious vagrant musician. The title story is narrated by Sasha, who moves from Petersburg to Paris with her father and for years is haunted by the memory of her older sister. Berberova has been compared to Chekhov, and these stories glow with a quiet intensity. ( June 26)
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Berberova ... will not turn her back on he past to re-create herself. She remembers so we won't forget. -- Review of Contemporary Fiction, Robert Buckeye, Summer 2001
Berberova has been compared to Chekhov, and these stories glow with a quiet intensity. -- Publishers Weekly, 18 June 2001
First rate.... These stories are very much of their time, but the years haven't tarnished them... -- Newsweek
Haunting ... as graceful and subtle as Chekhov. -- Anne Tyler, New Republic
She remembers so we won't forget. -- Context, Robert Buckeye, Fall 2001
[W]e are in the hands of a divine master. -- RALPH Magazine, Fall 2001
Berberova has been compared to Chekhov, and these stories glow with a quiet intensity. -- Publishers Weekly, 18 June 2001
First rate.... These stories are very much of their time, but the years haven't tarnished them... -- Newsweek
Haunting ... as graceful and subtle as Chekhov. -- Anne Tyler, New Republic
She remembers so we won't forget. -- Context, Robert Buckeye, Fall 2001
[W]e are in the hands of a divine master. -- RALPH Magazine, Fall 2001
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IN THE EARLY DAYS of June 1940, just at the time when the French army was beginning its final and irrevocable retreat after the breach at Sedan, on a quiet warm evening, a group of four women and five men were sitting in a garden under the trees, about th Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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IN THE EARLY DAYS of June 1940, just at the time when the French army was beginning its final and irrevocable retreat after the breach at Sedan, on a quiet warm evening, a group of four women and five men were sitting in a garden under the trees, about th Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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